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- Homer
- "writer" of the Iliad and the Odyssey
- Solon
- Athenian reformer who greatly increased citizenship and created land reforms
- Who was credited with creating a democratic constitution for Athens?
- Cleisthenes
- What was the name of the Athenian reformer whose laws were ultimately too harsh?
- Draco
- What was the purpose of Draco's laws?
- to limit the power of the aristocracy
- Who led Athens during its Golden Age?
- Pericles
- Who was the Athenian philosopher who taught knowledge is power and used questions and answers to achieve truths?
- Socrates
- Who wrote The Republic and The Dialogues?
- Plato
- Who taught Alexander the Great?
- Aristotle
- Who formed The Academy?
- Plato
- Who was the philosopher who applied scientific prinicples and logic to his teachings?
- Aristotle
- Who was considered the Father of Scientific Medicine?
- Hippocrates
- How did the teachings of Hippocrates differ from others?
- He attempted to explain the causes of illness using scientific explanations
- What inventions/discoveries were made by Archimedes?
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improved use of the lever
water screw
volume - Who was Euclid?
- early teacher of geometry
- Who was Herodotus?
-
Father of History
wrote the Persian Wars, Historia - Who wrote The Peloponnesian Wars?
- Thucydides
- In what field did Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus excel?
- Greek dramatists/tragic playwrights
- Who was the most famous Greek comic playwright?
- Aristophanes
- Who constructed the famous statue of Zeus at Olympia and Athena for the Parthenon?
- Phidias
- What was the Parthenon?
- temple honoring Athenian goddess Athena
- Who was the Greek philosopher and mathematician who explained the world in numerical terms?
- Pythagoras
- Pericles
- Leader of the Athenian Golden Age